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By Steve Plunkett
The state planned to start collecting tolls on Saturday, Nov. 13, for motorists using the Interstate 95 express lanes between Glades Road in Boca Raton and the Cypress Creek Road exit in Fort Lauderdale.
The newly implemented tolls
By Jane Smith
Four city commissioners agreed to pay $1 million to resolve complaints by the Florida Department of Health over Delray Beach’s botched reclaimed water program.
They also agreed to pay the county branch of the Health Department $21,193.
KIng tide flooding made a mess of A1A in Manalapan on Nov. 8
Workers from the Eau Palm Beach in Manalapan used a "water inflatable" berm and sandbags to limit the amount of flood water that was flowing into their loading dock.
King tide flooding made
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Annual Veterans Day Parade at Cultural Plaza, 414 Lake Ave, Lake Worth Beach. Honors the 100th Anniversary of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 11 am.
Clay Pape, a worker at Delray Beach Memorial Gardens, marks a place for a headstone. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Joe Capozzi
The hearses and cars kept coming.
Under a cloudy October sky, they crawled in groups through the gates of Delray Beach M
Related Story: Highland Beach:Commission wants lesser role for town in high-rise inspections
By Joel Engelhardt
After months of work to hammer out a condo reinspection program in the wake of the Surfside tragedy, Palm Beach County commissioners decid
Danielle Hurley of Boca Raton picks out pumpkins with her 6-year-old twins, Cameron and Leighton, at Cason United Methodist Church in Delray. The annual sale benefits the church’s mission and outreach programs. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Philanthropy is a way for those of us who have, to share with those in need. Charitable giving is critical to living in a balanced society. We should give not only to address suffering, but also to eliminate the sources of that suffering.
It’s one th
Anuj Grover surrounds his desk with reminders of home and the school supplies he donates. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
When it comes to charitable giving, Anuj Grover says he and Mark Corlew, his partner at real estate investment
By Jane Smith
Negotiations are back on between the Florida Department of Health and Delray Beach over violations in the city’s reclaimed water program.
“A few weeks ago, the City of Delray Beach reached out to the Department of Health to try and settl
Workers are dwarfed by construction cranes while working on the second story of the 10-story apartment building underway in Riverwalk Plaza at the southeast corner of Federal Highway and Woolbright Road. Construction workers are parking their vehicle
“Hoping you’ll find comfort in the memories that are yours to cherish always, and strength in the companionship of those who share your loss,” wrote Coastal Star reporter Rich Pollack to me following my mother’s death in 2007.
The handwritten note wa
World War II civil defense in Delray Beach had ‘beach watchers’ on horseback looking for suspicious planes, boats or people. Photo provided by Delray Beach Historical Society
By Rich Pollack
It was a time of turmoil throughout Europe.
In the late 19
Ed Manley, who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day in World War II, retired to Briny Breezes 29 years ago, and Nov. 5 marked his 100th birthday. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Everybody wants to know, Ed. Tell us how you got to be
John Bury, who turns 100 on Nov. 10, wears an Army 8th Air Corps patch and displays a poster of a B-17 Flying Fortress at his Highland Beach condominium. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star.
By Rich Pollack
John Bury remembers flying over Europe that day mo
By Joe Capozzi
Ocean Ridge officials are planning to spend the town’s chunk of American Rescue Plan Act money on replacing the problematic aging water pipes on the north end of town.
Of the roughly 76,500 linear feet of water mains in Ocean Ridge,
The day after the Delray Beach City Commission rejected a rezoning request that would have allowed a three-story building on the lots immediately west of Doc’s All American restaurant, the owner of Doc’s withdrew an application to list the iconic eat
The mural sample shows how the face of former Deputy Fire Chief Latosha Clemons (lower right) was obscured before the mural was redone in late 2020. Image provided
By Jane Smith
The first Black woman firefighter in Boynton Beach recently settled all
King tides amplified by tropical weather in September and October 2020 flooded many of the streets on the west side of Briny Breezes. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Joe Capozzi
Briny Breezes residents like to think they have a pretty good idea of h
